Tony Cardenas

Antonio "Tony" Cardenas (31 March 1963-) was a member of the US House of Representatives (D-CA 29) from 3 January 2013, succeeding Adam Schiff.

Biography
Tony Cardenas was born in Los Angeles, California in 1963, and he worked as an electrical engineer before being elected to the State Assembly in 1996 and to the City Council in 2003. For three consecutive terms, he headed the State Assembly's budget committee, and he was elected to the US Congress for 2013. He was a member of the centrist New Democrats.